EEE 598: Mixed-Signal and RF Test
Fall 2012
Instructor: Professor Sule Ozev
Office: Goldwater Building, Room 311; Email: sule.ozev@asu.edu;
Office Hours: Tuesdays 2pm Thursdays 10am GWC 311
Textbook: Roberts, Taenzler, and Burns, “An Introduction to Mixed-Signal IC Test and
Measurement”, ISBN 978-0-19-979621-2
Course Description: This course will cover current production test schemes for mixed-signal
and RF circuits, the economics of production test and recent research techniques in reducing the
production test cost.
Grading:
 1 Mid-term (30%)
 6 Homeworks (30%)
 1 Final Project (40%)
Notes:
 Final project is based on test optimization techniques. Algorithm development, software,
and statistical analysis will be required. Codes can be written in C or MATLAB.
 Final project will be announced after the test. Students will work in groups of three.
Tentative Schedule:
• Introduction (2 lectures)
• Data analysis and probability (2 lectures)
• Measurement accuracy (1 lecture)
• Specification definitions (1 lecture)
• Test optimization (3 lectures)
• Sampling theory (2 lectures)
• DC and parametric tests (2 lectures)
• DAC and ADC testing (2 lectures)
• Analog Channel testing (2 lectures)
• Introduction to RF test (2 lectures)
• RF test methods (2 lectures)
• DIB design and simulation (1 lecture)
• Outlier analysis (1 lecture)
• Defect-oriented test (2 lectures)
NOTES:
1- Exams: Except for a conflict with another examination (which must be given at the time listed
for it in the time schedule), or for students who have 3 or more exams on the same day, no
changes can be made to the final examination schedule without prior approval of the Dean. I will
not support such requests unless they involve circumstances beyond a student’s control. Airline
reservations and work schedules are within the student’s control.
2- Late Project Report
No late submission will be accepted.
EEE 598: Mixed-Signal and RF Test
Fall 2012
ASU Class Cheating Policy
While discussions between students are encouraged, cheating in this course will not be tolerated.
Any student found cheating on an exam or assignment may be given a failing grade for the
course and flagrant violations can result in additional consequences. You are cheating if you
represent someone else's work as your own or if someone else represents your work as theirs. All
graded work (exams, programming assignments, as well as any written exercises or quizzes) in
this class must represent your own individual work only. Students may discuss the conceptual
aspects of an assignment, but in solving programming and other assignments, students must turn
in their own, independently developed solutions. Grading may include executing software on
your solutions that compares the structure and content of your solution files with that of other
students. Any cases of suspected cheating will be referred directly to the College of Technology
and Applied Sciences according to established policy. By your registration in this class, you are
assumed to have read, understand and agreed to this policy, as well as to the procedures
conveyed at the web sites below.
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Studentlife's Student Academic Integrity Policy:
http://www.asu.edu/studentlife/judicial/integrity.html
ASU's policy on Academic Dishonesty in the Student Code of Conduct:
http://www.asu.edu/aad/manuals/sta/sta104-01.html
ECET’s Academic Integrity Information Page:
http://ecet.east.asu.edu/~ecet/AcademicIntegrity/cheating.html
One ramification of this policy is that every student must assure that neither an electronic nor
hard copy of their work gets into the hands of another student. You must know how to use access
control to protect your files and you may not share a computing system that does not have access
control with another student in this class, without taking special steps to ensure privacy of your
files. If someone else in the class steals your homework (with or without your knowledge,) then
you may both get failing marks for the course.